Duty Analyst: Ismael Melgar

CVE-2026-21633

Published: 2026-01-05 17:15:47 | Last modified: 2026-01-30 01:23:39

HIGH CVSS 8.8
No EPSS data

Description

A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network could obtain unauthorized access to a UniFi Protect Camera by exploiting a discovery protocol vulnerability in the Unifi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier).



Affected Products:

UniFi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier).



Mitigation:

Update your UniFi Protect Application to Version 6.2.72 or later.

CVSS details

Severity
high
Score
8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

This CVE is not currently listed in the EPSS dataset.

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